lovetteregner

Yes. There are quite a lot of independent labels -- especially as the current barriers to entry allow almost anyone with reasonable design skills to start one. Also, the design-to-delivery/store costs are way cheaper in emerging economies like the Philippines (where we're based), allowing local designers to produce quality at a minimum. There is also a growing trend towards proudly-locally-made (in the US) and socially/environmentally sustainable products. Those who chose to fulfill their own deliveries also have better contribution margins as they avoid a huge portion of the ~40% of sales that retailers charge. The major problem for these kinds of labels is distribution. It's tough to get the word out when you don't have the economies of scale -- hiring a content and marketing squad does not make sense early on.

Thank you so much for your kind words! We'll work on improving that. :)

Great idea -- good products should sell themselves. :D

UX-wise, I think it'd be engaging if the format would be like 9gag where there'd be popular/hot/new pages. Also, it might be take a while to deal with the poster/voter chicken and egg thing. How about also integrating the product's engagement via various channels (quora, stackshare, fb, tw, ig) but focusing more on the engagement metrics than the vanity popularity metrics? Like a Klout for products. :D

I agree with you on this one. We're currently standardizing the categories across merchants to be able to filter by category, and later by color.

Yes, it does -- but we're starting with the more design-centric industries since they tend to be the ones with weird value/pricing parities.

That's so exciting! Good luck with that. :)

Thanks so much for the nice feedback!